Due to their prediction of the effect that came to carry their names, David Bohm and his PhD student Yakir Aharonov [1]} argued that a “further interpretation of the potentials is needed in quantum mechanics." Their solution, which was adopted by many physicists, was to promote the potentials from mathematical fiction to something physical.This effect had been semi-classically calculated by Ehrenberg and Siday in 1949 [2]}, and might therefore be called the Aharonov-Bohm-Ehrenberg-Siday effect. Aharonov and Bohm clearly stressed the metaphysical importance of this result, which seems to be the main reason why the phenomenon carries their name.
